Integumentary System Pt. 2 Flashcards

1
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People who produce a lot of melanin

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Brown-toned people

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People who have less melanin

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Light-skinned (Caucasion)

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3
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What gives the skin a rosy glow?

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The crimson color of oxygen-rich hemoglobin in the dermal blood flushes through the transparent cell layers above

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4
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What are cutaneous glands?

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All are exocrine glands

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5
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What do exocrine glands retain?

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  • Their ducts
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Where do exocrine glands empty their secretions?

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Their secretions empty through the ducts to the epithelial surface

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7
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What glands lose their connection to the surface?

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Endocrine

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What are endocrine glands called and where do their secretions empty out?

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  • Ductless glands
  • Secretions empty directly into the blood
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9
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Two types of cutaneous glands?

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  • Sebaceous
  • Sweat
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10
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What are sebaceous glands and where are they found?

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  • Oil glands
  • Found all over the skin except for the hands and the soles of the feet
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Where do sebaceous glands empty out and where do they open up?

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  • Their ducts usually empty into hair follicles
  • Some open directly onto the skin surface
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12
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What does sebum mean and what is it a product of?

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  • Seb = grease
  • The product of the sebaceous glands
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13
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What is the sebum a mixture of and what is it? (3)

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  • A mixture of oily substances and fragmented cells
  • A lubricant that keeps the skin soft and moist
  • Prevents the hair from becoming brittle?
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14
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What chemical does sebum contain? What does sebum prevent?

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  • Sebum contains a chemical that helps kill bacteria
  • Prevents the bacteria on the skin surface from invading the deeper skin surface
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15
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If a sebaceous gland becomes blocked with sebum

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Whitehead

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16
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If the accumulated material of the whitehead oxidizes and dries, it darkens

17
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What are sweat glands also called?

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Sudoriterous glands (sudor means sweat)

18
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How are sweat glands distributed and how many are on a person?

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  • Widely distributed in the skin
  • More than 2.5 million per person
19
Q

What are the two types of sweat glands?

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  • Eccrine glands
  • Apocrine glands
20
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Where are eccrine glands found and what do they produce?

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  • Found all over the body
  • Produce sweat
21
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What makes up sweat? (5)

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  • A clear secretion that is primarily water
  • Some salt
  • Vitamin C
  • Traces of metabolic wastes (ammonia urea, uric acid)
  • Lactic acid (chemical that attracts mosquitos)
22
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Why are the eccrine glands important? What are they supplied with? What do they secrete and when?

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  • Important and highly efficient part of the body’s heat-regulating equipment
  • Supplied with nerve ending
  • Cause them to secrete sweat when the external temperature or body temperature is high
23
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Where are apocrine glands confined to?

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Largely confined to the axillary (armpit) and genital areas of the body

24
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What are apocrine glands larger than and where do they empty out into?

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  • Larger than eccrine glands
  • Ducts empty into hair follicles
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What do the apocrine gland secretions contain?
- Fatty acids - Proteins - All substances present in eccrine secretions
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What color are apocrine secretions and how do they smell?
- Milky or yellowish in color - Odorless until the bacteria that live on the skin use its proteins and fats as a source of nutrition for their growth - Then it takes on a musky and unpleasant odor
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How many hairs are on the body?
Millions of hairs scattered all over the body
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What are the functions of the hair? (protective) (3)
- Guarding the head against bumps - Shielding the eyes (eyelashes) - Helps to keep foreign particles out of the respiratory tract (nose hairs)
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What is hair? What is it produced by?
Flexible epithelial structure, produced by a hair follicle
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What is the root and the shaft?
- Root - the part enclosed in the follicle - Shaft - the part projecting from the surface of the scalp or skin
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What is a nail?
A nail is a scale like modification of the epidermis that corresponds to the hoof or claw of other animals
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What three regions make up the nail?
- The free edge - The nail body (visibly attached portion) - The nail root (embedded in the skin, is living)
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What is the nail bed?
The stratum basale of the epidermis that extends beneath the nail
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What is the nail matrix?
Responsible for nail growth
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What does it mean that nails are mostly nonliving material?
Nail cells are produced by the matrix, they become heavily keratinized and die